Growing Mobile Traffic Underscores Importance of Mobile Friendly Sites and Apps
According to data from comScore, 13 percent of U.S. Internet users that visited retailers online did so only using mobile devices,...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Two More Social Sites Add Buy Buttons to their Platform
Social sharing sites Pinterest and Instagram each announced new features to reduce friction and convert more users into customers by...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Fraudsters Target Starbucks Reloadable Cards Used in Mobile App with Account Takeover
Starbucks has had one of the most successful mobile payments strategies to date with more than one in six transactions being conducted...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Over 44 Percent of Online Payments in the UK are Made via Mobile
According to data from Adyen based on client transaction data, more than 27 percent of online payments made in the first quarter of 2015...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Merchants Should Already be Planning for Increased Fraud Attempts Post-EMV
According to forecasts from Aite Group nearly all credit cards issued in the U.S. will have EMV capabilities by 2018 when CNP credit card...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
U.S. House Members Form Congressional Payments Technology Caucus
Four members of the House of Representatives formed a bipartisan committee known as the Congressional Payments Technology Caucus (CPTC)...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Amazon’s Dash Button Brings One Click Ordering to a Little Piece of Hardware
On the last day of March Amazon launched their newest feature, the Dash Button. The tiny piece of hardware, about the size of a thumb...
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Nov 4, 20214 min read
Recent Hiccups Hindering Apple Pay
A recently released consumer survey finds that more than two-thirds of people who attempted using Apple Pay in-store had problems at the...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Get Ready for Facebook’s Foray into Payments
Facebook announced new features to their Messenger service in March allowing users to make P2P payments, but didn’t stop there. They have...
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Nov 4, 20211 min read
Target Reports Cost of Data Breach was $162 Million
The late 2013 data breach impacting 70 million Target customers continues to cost the company which in their latest financial statements...
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Nov 4, 20214 min read
The FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance released their first documents for stronger authentication
Following Apple’s lead Samsung and Google each announced mobile payment services of their own with a similar naming structure. The...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Are the FIDO Alliance Authentication Specifications the Beginning of the End for Passwords?
The FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance released their first documents for stronger authentication at the end of 2014 with version 1.0...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Google Wallet Partners with and Acquires Softcard’s Technology
While there had been rumors that Google was in talks with Softcard to acquire the mobile network’s joint venture, the two organizations...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Visa to Expand Token Service used with Apple Pay to Visa Checkout and eCommerce Merchants in 2015
The world’s largest card network commercially debuted their Visa Token Service in October, 2014 coinciding with the launch of Apple Pay....
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Nov 4, 20214 min read
Side Effects Expected in 2015 and Beyond as EMV Adoption Grows
2015 will likely bring many changes and developments in the payments and risk industries, but none more anticipated than the EMV...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
In 2015 Achieving PCI Compliance Means Meeting the Version 3.0 Standards
The first big change for payments in 2015 took effect on January 1st when the deadline to meet PCI Data Security Standards (DSS) version...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
NACHA, The Clearing House and the Federal Reserve Seek to Make Same Day ACH Payments a Reality
In early December the Electronic Payments Association, alternatively known as NACHA, released more details on their proposal for a...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Is this Finally the Year Mobile Wallets Takeoff?
There has been a great deal of speculation and high expectations for the growth of contactless mobile payments since the launch of Google...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Decline in Total Retail Sales Over Thanksgiving Weekend Followed by Largest U.S. Online Shopping Day
In the four days from Thanksgiving to the following Sunday total U.S. retail spending declined, but eCommerce retail enjoyed strong...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Conversion Rates 3 Times Higher on Desktops Compared to Smartphones on Black Friday
A recent IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark report provides a plethora of great statistics about online and mobile traffic as well as...
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